Nov 06 2008

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Today’s Header

Published by John Scalzi at 1:26 pm

Is a Wordle derived from yesterday’s front page for this site. This guy did it. I thought it would make a nice picture. Maybe I’ll start using Wordles from now on when I’m stuck for pictures for the header. If nothing else, it would keep me from having to think too hard about it.

12 responses so far

12 Responses to “Today’s Header”

  1. MarkHBon 06 Nov 2008 at 1:28 pm

    There’s a pun just aching to be made about Wordle Gummidge.

  2. Nentuabyon 06 Nov 2008 at 1:56 pm

    Yikes, I knew you talked about Obama a lot, but I didn’t expect His Name to be that dominant in a Wordle.

    (Also, I wonder how many Wordles self-reference. Probably a good few. Wordle is a fun word. Wordle Wordle Wordle.)

  3. Kelsonon 06 Nov 2008 at 2:11 pm

    That looks pretty good up there!

    >does a little dance<

    Whatever turned out to be a particularly rich Wordle starting point (naturally).

  4. Angieon 06 Nov 2008 at 3:02 pm

    That is totally awesome.

  5. Brianon 06 Nov 2008 at 3:05 pm

    I like Wordles a lot. I’ve been using them as my blog header almost since I started it.

  6. dukie1993on 06 Nov 2008 at 4:31 pm

    Wikipedia entries are pretty good too.

    This one I did w/ John Scalzi’s entry turned out well.

    http://www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/294571/John_Scalzi

  7. Dr. Philon 06 Nov 2008 at 5:44 pm

    I’ve been making Wordle graphics of my published short stories on my website — acts as a tease (hey, I used the whole text of the story to generate this) and can be a good editing tool (what a tool I am to use “that” so many times).

    What impresses me is that by changing shape, font, color, you can completely change the temperature of the Wordle.

    Dr. Phil

  8. ScottEon 06 Nov 2008 at 7:01 pm

    I did one. Sadly, mine really sucks. I mentioned Palin’s name too many times, and the Archosauria too few times.

  9. mjfgateson 06 Nov 2008 at 7:32 pm

    Okay, who’s got a Wordle of Lord Foul’s Bane?

  10. Dr Paisleyon 06 Nov 2008 at 11:10 pm

    I’m not seeing “bacon” in there. Obviously a glitch in the matrix.

  11. Kelsonon 07 Nov 2008 at 12:32 pm

    You know, Dr Paisley, there might be something to that. I just ran the “Canonical Bacon Page” through Wordle a couple few times and didn’t see the B-word show up once.

  12. Chris Mon 10 Nov 2008 at 9:00 am

    Someone is also a 10,000 Maniacs fan, it seems. Either that, or there’s an old lady in John’s neighborhood named May who keeps running people over in her car while she’s driving to the supermarket.

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